FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Friday, October 7, 2016
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France WWLWD 4
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Match Report

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Kevin Gameiro double powers France to defeat of Bulgaria

Kevin Gameiro struck twice as France came from behind to run out convincing 4-1 winners over Bulgaria in their World Cup qualifier in Paris.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
11
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
8
1
Saves
0
32.8
Possession
67.2
4
SHOTS
12
1
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
327
Accurate Passes
743
407
Passes
820
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
5
2
Crosses
22
0.5
Cross %
0.2
39
Long Balls
63
16
Accurate Long Balls
50
0.4
Long Balls %
0.8
1
Blocked Shots
2
14
Effective Tackles
15
16
Tackles
17
0.9
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
23
Effective Clearances
5
29
Clearances
6

Lineups

FRA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Hugo LlorisG
  2. 21Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  3. 4Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  4. 3Layvin KurzawaLB
  5. 19Bacary SagnaRB
  6. 7Antoine GriezmannAM
  7. 14Blaise MatuidiLM
  8. 6Paul PogbaRM
  9. 9Kevin GameiroF
  10. 8Dimitri PayetAM-L
  11. 18Moussa SissokoAM-R

BUL · 4-4-1-1

  1. 23Vladislav StojanovG
  2. 14Dimitar PirgovCD-L
  3. 3Aleksandar AleksandrovCD-R
  4. 20Zhivko MilanovLB
  5. 2Strahil PopovRB
  6. 21Svetoslav DyakovCM-L
  7. 9Georgi KostadinovCM-R
  8. 17Georgi MilanovLM
  9. 7Mihail IvanovRM
  10. 10Ivelin PopovF
  11. 11MarcelinhoRCF

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! France 0, Bulgaria 1. Mihail Aleksandrov (Bulgaria) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  2. 23' Goal! France 1, Bulgaria 1. Kevin Gameiro (France) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bacary Sagna with a cross.
  3. 26' Goal! France 2, Bulgaria 1. Dimitri Payet (France) right footed shot from long range on the left to the top right corner. Assisted by Moussa Sissoko.
  4. 27' Substitution, France. Djibril Sidibe replaces Bacary Sagna because of an injury.
  5. 38' Goal! France 3, Bulgaria 1. Antoine Griezmann (France) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
  6. 59' Goal! France 4, Bulgaria 1. Kevin Gameiro (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
  7. 62' Substitution, Bulgaria. Dimitar Rangelov replaces Marcelinho.
  8. 68' Substitution, Bulgaria. Aleksandar Tonev replaces Ivelin Popov.
  9. 72' Substitution, France. André-Pierre Gignac replaces Kevin Gameiro.
  10. 76' Substitution, Bulgaria. Todor Nedelev replaces Mihail Aleksandrov.
  11. 83' Substitution, France. Nabil Fekir replaces Antoine Griezmann.

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